Cap for bottles.



M. C. ROSENFELD.

CAP FOR BOTTLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE [5 1917.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

MAX C. BOSENFELD, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

GAP FOB. BOTTLES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 8, 1918.

Application filed June 15, 1917. Serial No. 174,846.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, MAX C. RosENFnLD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts,have invented new and useful Improvements in Caps for Bottles, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to a cap for bottles, the object of the inventionbeing to provide a strong, cheap and durable device for the purpose setforth, which can be attached to the upper part of the neck of a bottleand folded over so as to cover the top of the neck of said bottle, saidcap being formed of a blank which is so constructed that it may bewrapped around the neck of a bottle with its edges overlapping andhaving projections on its upper edge so shaped that they may be foldedover the top of the neck of the bottle and fastened to the top of thebottle by means of adhesive material. The blank is also preferablyslitted from that edge which forms the bottom of the cap when applied tothe bottle neck, so that the portions of the blank between said slitsmay slightly overlap each other when applied to bottles in which theneck of the bottle is of smaller diameter than the head, the blank beingso constructed that when it is folded upon the neck of the bottle, ashereinbefore set forth, it will present a smooth, neat appearance and noportion of the top of the neck of the bottle will be visible.

The blank from which the cap is formed may be of any suitable sheetmaterial, preferably of paper which is ornamentally tinted upon itsobverse side, different portions of which may be tinted of differentcolors or may have different designs thereon, and may be either plain orembossed, thus adding to the ornamental features of the same, thereverse side of the blank being preferably coated with adhesivematerial.

The invention consists in an improved article of manufacture,hereinafter described in the specification and particularly pointed outin the claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank from which the bottle cap isformed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bottle cap attached to the neck of abottle with the disk-shaped portion of the cap raised, the bottle beingshown broken away.

Fig. 3 -is a perspective view, similar to Fig. 2, except that thedisk-shaped portion of the cap is shown as attached to the foldedportions of said cap.

Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views of thedrawings.

In the drawings, 5 is the blank from which the cap is formed, the sameconsisting of a body portion 6, the opposite ends 7 and 8 of whichconverge, the lower edge 9 being formed on a convex curve.

The upper edge of the blank 5 has a disk shaped projection 12 thereonmidway between the opposite ends 7 and 8 of said blank. Said upper edgealso has a plurality of V-shaped projections 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19arranged on opposite sides of said disk-shaped projection. The outeredge 20 of the V- shaped projection 15 intersects the edge 8 of theblank 5 and the outer edge 21 of the projection 19 intersects the-edge22 of said blank from which it projects at a substantial di"- tance fromthe end 7. The projections 17 and 18 each have one concave edge 23 and24., respectively, and one straight edge 25 and 26, respectively. Itwill be understood that the reverse face of the blank 5 is preferablycoated with adhesive material.

The blank is provided with slits 27 ex tending transversely of saidblank from its lower edge 9 and leaving portions 28 of said blankbetween said slits.

The blank is applied to the bottle neck as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3first by wrapping the blank around the bottle neck, with the apexes ofthe spaces between the V-shaped projections flush with the top of theneck of the bottle and with the end 8 overlapping the end 7, so that thepoints of intersection of the edge 20 and the end 8 and the edge 21 andedge 22 will coincide with each other. Where the head 29 of the bottleis larger than the portion 30 of the neck of said bottle, the portions28 will slightly overlap each other, as illustrated in Fig. 2.

The projections 15, 16, 17, 18 and 19 are then folded inwardly as shownin Fig. 2. Due to the space on the edge 22 from the point ofintersection of the edge 21 of the projection 19 to the end 7, it isobvious that the body portion 6 at one end thereof, viz, 8, may befolded over the other end 7 and the different projections foldedinwardly over the top of the neck of the bottle and attached thereto andto the cork inclosed in said neck by means of the adhesive materialreferred to, without the projection 15 overlapping the projection 19,and this is the V-shaped projections, there will be 'no" inequalitiescaused by any of said J -shaped projections overlapping each otherand'con sequently the cap Will present a neat, smooth appearance,asillustrated in Fig. 3; when it has been entirely attached totlrebottle neck and to the cork inclosed Within said neck}. 7

Having thus described any invention; what I claim: and desire by LettersPatent to secure is:

12 As an article of inann facture, a bottle cap blank comprising a pieceof 5 sheet mate'- rial, one edge of which has a disk-shaped projection:th'ereon llilClWZLY between the op posite ends of said b l'anlt'and'ofa diameter substantially equalto that of the top of the bottle towhiclrit is to beapplied,=' and a I plurality of 4 \r' sh'apedprojections on said edge and on opposite sides- -of' said' d'iskshaped 1projection; said blank being" slitted transversely thereof from the edgeopposite thatnpon which said' projections are located;

2. an article of manufacture; abottle cap blank con'iprising-a piece ofsheet material, one edge-of Whichhas a disk shaped p-roj ection' thereonmidway between the" 0p:

menses vplurality of V-shaped projections on s'ai edge and on oppositesides of said diskshaped projection, the outer edge ofthe V-shaped'projection at one end o'f' said' blank 'in ter'sectirrgxthe" edgeof that end of said blank and the outer edge of the projection adjacentto the other endof said blatflr irr- 4o tersectii'fg the edge of saidb'lank frorn Which it projects at asubstantial 7 distance fro-In saidother" e1'1" d, said; blank being slitted transversely thereof from theedge" opposite thatnp'on which said V-sh'aped projections are located;whereby said projections mayib'e folded over on the; top 'of abottle-towhich said blank is attached With'0nt overlapping each" other and saiddisk may be folded over said v shape'd proj ections' to" cove'r-' the$511118, and the portions of said biank be tween said slits attached Ito'th'eneclr of said bottle and" slightly overlapping each other. Intestimon =wlrere0f i[ have hereunto set my hand inpresence of two"subscribing witnesses I G. ROSEN'FEDD;

Witnesses: I I

S DNEfiE-Tnr, HA-TTIFEI STRATTN;

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